Vogelfrei

(Latvia, 2007, 95 mins)

35mm

Wisconsin Premiere

writer: Janis Kalejs, Gatis Smits, Janis Putnins, Anna Viduleja
cinematographer: Anrij Parekh, Sam Moon, Gints Berzins
editor: Armands Blumbergs, Liene Balina, Jekabs Dimiters
sound design: Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis, Petr Kapeller
producer: Sergejs Berdicevskis, Kaspars Rolsteins, Jurgis Liepnieks, Alise Gelze
cast: Igors Suhoverhovs, Karlis Spravniks, Ints Teterovskis, Liubomiras Lauciavicius, Emilija Leiskalne, Irena Tjunina, Tatjana Jansone-Nazarova, Armands Reinfelds, Girts Krumins

• IMDB Film Info
• www.angels.lv/vogelfrei/index.html
• Trailer

Divided into four parts (with different directors and actors), four days in the life of a young man named Teodors are illuminated in this remarkable Latvian film. From a youngster playing in the woods with his pals, through adolescence, and maturity, it can be seen as four connected parts that inform the evolving character of this introspective man, or as four more allegorical films that define the ages of man. “The film succeeds in allowing each director their own voice too, no small feat, and in the process, demonstrates that there is some very promising talent coming out of Latvia….The film plays with dichotomies – rural/urban (the first and last scenes are pastoral, while the middle two scenes are coldly alienating in its cityscapes), young/old (the children play as adults, the adults play as children) and loneliness/ human communication….Vogelfrei is beautiful filmmaking, each story told with a compelling visual and narrative sense, and ultimately achieves that rare thing: a multi-directed film coalescing together well.” — Brannavan Gnanalingam, The Lumiere Reader.

Sponsored By:

UW Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures

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